Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel and fiancee Molly McNearney attend the TIME 100 Gala celebrating the "100 Most Influential People in the World" at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Tuesday April 23, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

No late night wars here. Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon make late-night friends, not foes

They’ll face-off in the ratings next year when Fallon leaves NBC’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” and replaces Leno as host of “The Tonight Show.”

Thirty-eight-year-old Fallon said, as of now, things won’t change much when he switches to “The Tonight Show.”

“We do a great show now. I think we’re ready. I thank Jay Leno for being awesome and still being number one because without him I wouldn’t have a job,” he laughed. “It’s just like they call you up from the minor league so I’m ready to go for the majors and I’m gonna swing for the fences.”

In January, ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” moved to the 11:35 p.m. EST time slot, putting it in direct competition with “The Tonight Show” and “Late Show with David Letterman.”

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Alicia Rancilio covers entertainment for The Associated Press. Follow her online at http://www.twitter.com/aliciar